Body Image: A Handbook of Science, Practice, and PreventionThomas F. Cash, Linda Smolak The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines. Contributors review established and emerging theories and findings; probe questions of culture, gender, health, and disorder; and present evidence-based assessment, treatment, and prevention approaches for the full range of body image concerns. Capturing the richness and complexity of the field in a readily accessible format, each of the 53 concise chapters concludes with an informative annotated bibliography. New to This Edition *Addresses the most urgent current questions in the field.*Reflects significant advances in key areas: assessment, body image in boys and men, obesity, illness-related body image issues, and cross-cultural research. *Conceptual Foundations section now incorporates evolutionary, genetic, and positive psychology perspectives. *Increased coverage of prevention. |
Contents
Chapter 29 | 253 |
Chapter 30 | 263 |
Chapter 31 | 271 |
Chapter 32 | 279 |
Chapter 33 | 288 |
Chapter 34 | 296 |
Chapter 35 | 305 |
Chapter 36 | 314 |
Chapter 9 | 76 |
Chapter 10 | 85 |
Chapter 11 | 93 |
Chapter 12 | 101 |
Chapter 13 | 110 |
Chapter 14 | 119 |
Chapter 15 | 129 |
Chapter 16 | 138 |
Chapter 17 | 146 |
Chapter 18 | 154 |
Chapter 19 | 173 |
Chapter 20 | 180 |
Chapter 21 | 189 |
Chapter 22 | 198 |
Chapter 23 | 206 |
Chapter 24 | 214 |
Chapter 25 | 221 |
Chapter 26 | 229 |
Chapter 27 | 237 |
Chapter 28 | 244 |
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Body Image: A Handbook of Science, Practice, and Prevention Thomas F. Cash,Linda Smolak Limited preview - 2012 |
Body Image: A Handbook of Science, Practice, and Prevention Thomas F. Cash,Linda Smolak No preview available - 2011 |
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